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Stray Dog Capital

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Total investments 44
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$9M
Portfolio companies 30
Rounds per year 4.40
Lead investments 3
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.32
Exits 1
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Food and Beverage
  • Food Processing
  • Biotechnology
  • Consumer Goods
  • Snack Food
Summary

Stray Dog Capital is the famous VC, which was founded in 2013. The main department of described VC is located in the Leawood. The venture was found in North America in United States.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Stray Dog Capital, startups are often financed by New Crop Capital, VegInvest, Thrive Market. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are New Crop Capital, Starlight Ventures, PHW Group. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Starlight Ventures, SOSV, R/GA Ventures.

The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 13 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2018.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Pet, Health Care. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 1 and less years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Wild Earth, Good Catch, Geltor. The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 1 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low.

The overall number of key employees were 2.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Clever Carnivore

Food and Beverage
$7M04 Dec 2023 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Uncaged Innovations

Biotechnology
Sustainability
Textiles
$2M02 Jun 2023 Troy, New York, United States

Aqua Cultured Foods

AgTech
Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Sustainability
$5M06 Apr 2023 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Barvecue

Food and Beverage
Restaurants
Snack Food
$1M08 Mar 2023 North Carolina, United States

The ISH Food Company

Consumer Goods
Food and Beverage
Sustainability
$5M02 Feb 2023 Wilmington, Delaware, United States

The ISH Food Company

Consumer Goods
Food and Beverage
Sustainability
$5M24 Jan 2023 Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Yo! Egg

Food and Beverage
Food Processing
$5M17 May 2022 Hefa, Hefa, Israel

Nowadays

$7M18 Apr 2022 California, Kentucky, United States

Better Dairy

AgTech
Food and Beverage
$25M28 Feb 2022 London, England, United Kingdom
News
CHKN Not Chicken Raises Undisclosed Series A Funding

– CHKN Not Chicken is a Portland OR-based chicken alternative company.
– Company raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Stray Dog Capital.
– The company intends to use the funds to launch its product assortment into retailers across the U.S. and expand partnerships with Quick Serve and Casual Dining restaurants to bring customized, plant-based chicken products to the food service channel.

Miyoko’s Creamery Closes $52M in Series C Funding, Accelerates Distribution and Innovation of Vegan Dairy

– Miyoko’s Creamery has raised $52M in Series C funding.
PowerPlant Partners is the lead investor, investing $40M in total, with Cult Capital, Obvious Ventures, Stray Dog, and CPT Capital filling out the round.
– Miyoko’s will use this capital to further disrupt the traditional dairy market as plant-based continues to capture more market share.
– Nondairy milk is the largest and most developed plant-based food and beverage category, but other alternative dairy categories such as cheese and butter are quickly following suit.
– William Blair estimates the US retail opportunity for total plant-based dairy to be $10 billion, using nondairy milk penetration as a proxy (nondairy milk has north of 60% household penetration in the US as of 2020).

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Total investments 44
Average round size 9M
Rounds per year 4.40
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 3
Follow on index 0.32
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.91

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Clever Carnivore

Food and Beverage
$7M04 Dec 2023 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Uncaged Innovations

Biotechnology
Sustainability
Textiles
$2M02 Jun 2023 Troy, New York, United States

Aqua Cultured Foods

AgTech
Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Food Processing
Sustainability
$5M06 Apr 2023 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Barvecue

Food and Beverage
Restaurants
Snack Food
$1M08 Mar 2023 North Carolina, United States

The ISH Food Company

Consumer Goods
Food and Beverage
Sustainability
$5M02 Feb 2023 Wilmington, Delaware, United States

The ISH Food Company

Consumer Goods
Food and Beverage
Sustainability
$5M24 Jan 2023 Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Yo! Egg

Food and Beverage
Food Processing
$5M17 May 2022 Hefa, Hefa, Israel

Nowadays

$7M18 Apr 2022 California, Kentucky, United States

Better Dairy

AgTech
Food and Beverage
$25M28 Feb 2022 London, England, United Kingdom
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